Algeria, Africa’s largest country, is throwing its doors open to record numbers of visitors. Roman ruins and trekking through ...

After decades of a self-reliant policy, the Algerian government is now moving forward with a comprehensive strategy to revive ...

During a recent trip, travel columnist Scott McMurren enjoyed the country’s history and caught a spectacular Sahara sunrise.

Arable land in the fast-growing country shrank nearly 50 ... the place that geographers refer to as the Sahara-Sahel stretches across Africa between the desert and the great savanna.

This pair of images shows the change in the boundaries of the Sahara Desert during the period 1920-2013, broken down by season. Dotted lines show the boundary as it existed in 1920, while solid ...

It may be the gateway to the vast Sahara desert, but that doesn't mean it's ... Mohammed Mahdi, a professor of rural sociology, said the country's nomads have "not benefited from much state ...

An archaeology breakthrough has been made after a previously unknown human lineage that lived in the "green Sahara" in Africa was discovered through two 7,000-year-old mummies. DNA revealed the ...

In desert communities frequented by tourists ... in August and September have given a different face to the Moroccan Sahara, better known for its frequent droughts. Houssine Youabeb is the ...

South of the Tell lies the Saharan Atlas mountain range and oases. The rest of the country is the Sahara Desert with lunar and volcanic landscapes, stony plains and ergs (“fields” of sand dunes).

It may be the gateway to the vast Sahara desert, but that doesn't mean it's free of that modern scourge of the environment -- the rubbish humanity discards. For him, a clean environment is vital ...